Thursday, 12 January 2017

In the Tudor
period, 1485–1603, a host of fascinating women sat on the English
throne. The dramatic events of their lives are told in The Turbulent
Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens of England.

The Turbulent
Crown begins with the story of Elizabeth of York, who survived
conspiracy, murder, and dishonour to become the first Tudor Queen,
bringing peace and order to England after years of civil war. From
there, the reader is taken through the parade of Henry VIII’s six wives -
two of whom, Anne Boleyn and Katheryn Howard, would lose their heads
against a backdrop of intrigue and scandal.

The Turbulent Crown
continues with the tragedy of Lady Jane Grey, the teenager who ruled for
nine days until overthrown by her cousin Mary Tudor. But Mary’s reign,
which began in triumph, ended in disaster, leading to the emergence of
her sister, Elizabeth I, as the greatest of her family and of England’s
monarchs.